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Avoiding harm in the hospital

by | Nov 26, 2010

I spoke recently at a summit organized by Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project, and learned in detail about the persistence and prevalence of hospital-acquired infections and other safety risks. Hospitals are not as safe as they should and could be, and...

Smashing myths & assumptions on PHR use (Chilmark)

by | Nov 13, 2010

John Moore of Chilmark Research has another great post, this time on the realities being discovered about PHR use among the urban poor – something most observers considered unlikely. It’s aptly titled Smashing Myths & Assumptions: PHR for Urban...

How One Cancer Center Lets Patients Call the Shots

by | Oct 23, 2010

Guest post by Erin Macartney (Twitter) of Palo Alto Medical Foundation. We would welcome similar posts from providers (or anyone else) who’s illustrating what we advocate in the Society for Participatory Medicine: truly patient-centered care, in which...

“Empowered Patient” special on CNN

by | Oct 2, 2010

Elizabeth Cohen is surely the most visible spokesperson for patient empowerment, because she’s on CNN and CNN.com. She’s got an hour-long special on CNN this weekend. Highly recommended, especially for friends and family who don’t get what this is...

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